Glen Abernethy

Certainly; pediatric unit.

Thank you Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, with me today on my right is the assistant deputy minister of corporate services, Derek Elkin, and on my left, the director of infrastructure planning, Perry Heath.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we will have staff in the building doing mock runs of processes, mock runs of other things. Some of the structure, furniture, et cetera, will be moved in, but for warranty purposes we would obviously be looking at putting off or moving the substantial amount of the furniture until sort of the last minute in order to make sure that we have insurance coverage and we're not wasting warranty time or insurance time, warranty time on facilities that are sitting in an empty building.

It will progress in, and not all divisions or sections are going to move in at the...

I would just like to confirm once again that the broad category of chronic psychosis provides for coverage of a variety of mental health conditions, so a number of them are covered. People need to make sure that they are working with their practitioners to get that information out. A full review of the supplemental health programs will take over a year as it will involve significant cross-jurisdictional review, analysis, and consultation. Once again, we are doing that work now. We will certainly keep the Member and committee updated as we move forward.

However, if the Member is aware where...

Any eHealth system that you use generates reports of things that you can analyze to help you make evidence-based decisions. Keeping in mind small jurisdictions, we may have to limit some of that information. If the numbers are small and could possibly identify, we will not use data with numbers that low.

I would just like to provide a little bit of clarification. There might be a slight misunderstanding. The broad category of chronic psychosis does provide for coverage of a variety of mental health conditions. Those are based on advice from referring clinicians. Individuals need to consult with their referring clinician to determine whether their condition is in fact covered by the extended benefit under the chronic psychosis category.

I believe that most patients in the Northwest Territories are getting the care they need. However, it is clear that we need to update the policy and associated...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, for many years now we have been moving forward with the implementation of a single electronic medical record system here in the Northwest Territories. We are very close to having that done at a territorial level. All of the information, in, out, to, from, it all has to comply with our Health Information Act to make sure that patients' privacy is protected at all times, and we are monitoring on a regular basis to make sure that there are no breaches. When there are, we have mechanisms to make sure that people are notified appropriately and that their information...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, in moving forward with the construction of this facility, the proponents will be responsible for a number of the functions on an ongoing basis within that hospital. That includes basically the maintenance of the building, which is sort of the HVAC systems, the building structure, elevators, sort of the structure of the building. They are also going to be taking on housekeeping, laundry and linen, security and surveillance, as well as catering. These are currently things that are provided by different contractors that are currently engaged with the existing...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Currently at Stanton, it is around 582 employees, but we are constantly staffing, people are constantly retiring and going to other jobs, so it is always fluctuating, but it is hovering around 580. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I apologize for all the detail, but there are times when the detail is important, so it's important for me to get that information out.

The bottom line is, if you look at the Fort Smith numbers, they are significantly lower than the Hay River numbers. If we went ahead and moved the small number of beds in Fort Smith, we would be reliving the same mistake we've made before, which is building facilities that are too small to gain real economies of scale, and it's going to cost us more money in the long run. Building 24-bed pods gives us the ability to get significant...